Tag: Intrepid Urban Farmer

The weather is still unpredictable as of this writing.  Mid-fifties one day, below zero the next.  It’s still too early to start inside seedlings and, of course, early crop radishes and lettuce are at least six weeks away.     One good thing about this fluctuation of temperature is that it confuses the bugs.  It […]

The weather is still unpredictable as of this writing.  Mid-fifties one day, below zero the next.  It’s still too early to start inside seedlings and, of course, early crop radishes and lettuce are at least six weeks away.     One good thing about this fluctuation of temperature is that it confuses the bugs.  It […]

OK, the severe cold with its deep blanket of snow is mostly behind us this year.  As a gardener, the first thing I want to know is this:  What am I gonna get out of it?  I know, I know, there will be good ground moisture.  And though the temperatures were brutal on perennials (my […]

OK, the severe cold with its deep blanket of snow is mostly behind us this year.  As a gardener, the first thing I want to know is this:  What am I gonna get out of it?  I know, I know, there will be good ground moisture.  And though the temperatures were brutal on perennials (my […]

OK, the severe cold with its deep blanket of snow is mostly behind us this year.  As a gardener, the first thing I want to know is this:  What am I gonna get out of it?  I know, I know, there will be good ground moisture.  And though the temperatures were brutal on perennials (my […]